Police Blotter for the week of May 22

05/22/2017 02:07PM
● By J. Chambless

SUSPECT FLEES POLICE

On March 13, Pennsylvania State Police
Avondale pursued a vehicle driven by Krystal Renee Chiveral, 33, of
Elkton, Md., in connection with a retail theft. Chiveral refused to
stop for police and a pursuit continued through Oxford Borough until
it reached the Maryland state line. Charges of fleeing and eluding
have been filed.

'SECRET SHOPPER' SCAM

In February, a 49-year-old Lincoln
University man was the victim of an email scam. The email asked him
to be a secret shopper for Walmart. He was mailed a check, which he
cashed, and wired the money as part of the “Secret Shopper”
agreement. The check bounced and the victim lost approximately
$2,000, according to a report from Pennsylvania State Police
Avondale. Anyone with information relating to this case, or similar
cases, is asked to call Trooper Ryan Ard at 610-268-2022.

COPPER WIRE THEFT

On April 21, Chad Kenneth Williams, 38,
of Conowingo, Md., stole coper wire from American Quality Electric in
Lincoln University and sold it at a scrapyard. The wire was valued at
$315.35. Theft charges have been filed, according to Pennsylvania
State Police Avondale.

TOOLS STOLEN FROM
SCHOOL

On May 15, Pennsylvania State Police
Avondale responded to the Pennock's Bridge Technical College in Penn
Township to investigate the theft of hand tools that had been removed
from the school and hidden in a vehicle. Theft charges are pending.

TEEN FOUND WITH DRUGS

A 15-year-old boy at the Avon Grove
Charter School was found to have marijuana and tobacco products on
March 7, according to Pennsylvania State Police Avondale. The items
were found by school personnel, and the boy was brought to the police
station to be interviewed and processed.

GROCERIES STOLEN

On April 29, Pennsylvania State Police
Avondale arrested Michelle Lynn Price and Roger Lee Pierce, both of
Nottingham, after they removed a shopping cart full of perishables
from the Oxford Walmart without paying. They were charged with retail
theft.

ASSAULT CHARGES

On April 14 at 10 p.m., Sean Michael
Carter, 39, was charged with assault by Pennsylvania State Police
Avondale after he broke a car window and struck a 34-year-old
Quarryville woman in the face, causing injury, at the McDonald's in
Penn Township.

On April 23, the Southern Chester
County Regional Police Department charged Spencer P. Papi, 24, of
Kennett Square, with simple assault and harassment. According to
police, at 11:24 p.m., police were dispatched to the 300 block of
Newark Road for an assault that had occurred a short time before in
the 300 block of Harvest Lane in New Garden Township. The female
victim reported that, during an argument, she had been struck
multiple times by Papi with a closed fist. Police said that her
injuries corroborated her allegation.

On May 13, Pennsylvania State Police
Avondale charged Jesse Lee Boyd, 26, of Oxford with simple assault
after he struck an unidentified woman in the head and pushed her down
the stairs.

DUI CRASH

On the morning of March 30, police
responding to an auto accident at East Baltimore Pike and Baker
Station Road in London Grove Township found an overturned dump truck.
The driver, an unidentified 44-year-old Kennett Square man, was
laying about 100 feet from the crash. He was arrested for DUI,
according to Pennsylvania State Police Avondale.

DUI STOP LEADS TO ICE INVESTIGATION

On Feb. 21 at 2:23 a.m., Pennsylvania
State Police Avondale stopped a vehicle being driven by Pedro
Zavala-Mendez, 40, of Mexico, on Gap Newport Pike in London Grove
Township. He was charged with DUI. Police also learned he was under
investigation for entering the United States illegally. Charges have
been filed, and ICE is investigating.

LOWE'S SCAMMED

On May 2, two men entered the Lowe's
store in London Grove Township and committed a fraudulent return of
merchandise for $309.08, according to Pennsylvania State Police
Avondale. They left in a gray Chevrolet Impala or similar vehicle.
The scam is believed to be linked to a theft ring targeting Lowe's
stores in Pennsylvania and Delaware. Charges have been filed against
Shamar Allah El-Shabazz, 52, of Wilmington, Del. Police are seeking
another man in connection with this case.

HOUSE HIT WITH EGGS

On April 9, a home at 306 Manor Drive
in East Marlborough Township was pelted with 24 eggs, according to
Pennsylvania State Police Avondale. There are no suspects at this
time.

ATTEMPTED BURGLARY

On May 4, someone tried to get into the
rear of a home at 403 Southbank Rd., London Britain Township, by
pushing their way through the rear door. Dogs inside the home may
have deterred the would-be burglars. Pennsylvania State Police
Avondale later learned that two men, ages 18 to 22, were seen walking
in the victim's driveway and entering the backyard. Minutes later,
they were seen leaving. Anyone with information is asked to call
police at 610-268-2022.

WHEELS STOLEN FROM
VEHICLE

On Jan. 15, a disabled vehicle at 190
Cemetery Road had its wheels and tires stolen, according to
Pennsylvania State Police Avondale. The car window was broken and the
inside had been searched, but nothing inside appeared to have been
stolen.

MOTOR STOLEN

Sometime between Oct. 1 and May 12, a
barn on Windy Hill Road in New London was entered and an electric
trolling motor valued at $400 was stolen, according to Pennsylvania
State Police Avondale.

TEEN CHARGED WITH THEFT

On April 26, a 17-year-old from Oxford
was charged with theft after a cell phone was reported missing from a
classroom at Oxford Area High School. The phone was found hidden in
the ceiling of the men's bathroom. The teen confessed and charges
were filed, according to Pennsylvania State Police Avondale.